An ogre (feminine: ogress) is a large, cruel and hideous humanoid monster, featured in mythology, folklore and fiction. The term " humanoid " refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a Human. A monster is any of a large number of Legendary creatures which usually appear in Mythology, Legend, or Horror fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature. A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter In art, ogres are often depicted with a large head, abundant hair and beard, a voracious appetite, and a strong body. Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual The term is often applied in a metaphorical sense to disgusting persons who exploit, brutalize or devour their victims.
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Etymology
The word ogre is of French derivation, and is believed to have been coined by either Charles Perrault (1628-1703) or Marie-Catherine Jumelle de Berneville, Comtesse d' Aulnoy (1650-1705), both of whom were French authors. "Hop o' My Thumb" (French Le Petit Poucet) is a literary Fairy tale by Charles Perrault (1628-1703 French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville Baronne d'Aulnoy (1650/1651&ndash 4 January 1705) was a French Writer known for her Fairy tales Other sources say that the name is derived from the word Hongrois, which means Hungarian. [1] The word ogre is thought to have been inspired by the works of Italian author Giambattista Basile (1575-1632), who used the Neapolitan word uerco, or in standard Italian, orco. Giambattista Basile (1566 or 1575 – February 23, 1632) was an Italian Poet, Courtier, and Fairy tale collector This word is documented [2] in earlier Italian works (Fazio degli Uberti, XIV cent. ; Luigi Pulci, XV; Ludovico Ariosto, XV-XVI) and has even older cognates with the Latin orcus and the Old English orcnēas found in Beowulf lines 112-113, which inspired J. Luigi Pulci ( 15 August 1432 &ndash 1484 was an Italian Poet best known for his Morgante, an epic story of a giant who Beowulf is an Old English Heroic epic poem of anonymous authorship dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between R. R. Tolkien's Orc. Orc (OR'k is a word used to refer to a race of various tough and warlike humanoid creatures in various Fantasy settings appearing originally in the stories [3] All these words may derive from a shared Indo-European mythological concept (as Tolkien himself speculated, as cited by Tom Shippey, The Road to Middle-earth, 45). Thomas Alan Shippey (born September 9, 1943) is a scholar of Medieval literature, including Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern Fantasy
The first appearance of the word ogre in Perrault's work occurred in his Histoires ou Contes du temps Passé (1697). It later appeared in several of his other fairy tales, many of which were based on the Neapolitan tales of Basile. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the The first example of a female ogre being referred to as an ogress is found in his version of Sleeping Beauty, where it is spelled ogresse. Sleeping Beauty ( "La Belle au Bois dormant" (The Beauty asleep in the wood is a Fairy tale classic the first in the set published in 1697 by . The Comtesse d' Aulnoy first employed the word ogre in her story L'Orangier et l' Abeille (1698), and was the first to use the word ogree to refer to the creature's offspring.
Ogres in modern fiction
Literature for children is rife with tales involving ogres and kidnapped princesses who were rescued by valiant knights, and sometimes peasants. The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Princess is the feminine form of Prince (from Latin Princeps, meaning principal citizen Ogres are also popular in fantasy fiction, such as C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, and in various fantasy games. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for Enjoyment and sometimes also used as an Educational tool
- The protagonist of the Shrek films is an ogre. The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Shrek is a 2001 computer-animated American Comedy film, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and Shrek is voiced by Mike Myers, using a cartoonish Scottish accent. Michael John "Mike" Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter and Film producer Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Shrek is not a hostile ogre. He is not a villain, but an ogre that lives in a swamp and prefers not to be disturbed.
- In Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, there is an army of villainous ogres residing in Castle Drekmore and led by Duke Igthorn, who attempt to conquer King Gregor and Dunwyn Castle. Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American Animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the
- In the movie Time Bandits, the protagonists are found by an ogre and his wife on the ogre's ship. Time Bandits is a 1981 Fantasy film, produced and directed by Terry Gilliam. The ogre is outwitted and left at sea after the protagonists commandeer the ship.
- In the Xanth Chronicles by Piers Anthony, ogres are stupid beasts with immense strength that communicate almost exclusively through rhyme as in the Chronicle Ogre, Ogre. Xanth is a Fantasy world created by author Piers Anthony for a series of novels Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford England) is an English American writer in the Science fiction Ogre Ogre is the fifth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. At several points in A Spell for Chameleon, the first Xanth novel, the lead character worries that the women he encounters are actually female ogres in human form. A Spell for Chameleon is the first book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.
- In the Spiderwick Chronicles (the fifth book), Mulgarath, the primary antagonist, is an evil ogre who wants to enslave the world, ridding it of all humans.
- In Tamora Pierce's books that revolve around Tortall, there are two kinds of ogres: peaceful farmers and warlike monsters. Tamora Pierce ( December 13, 1954) is an author of Fantasy literature for young adults Tamora Pierce ( December 13, 1954) is an author of Fantasy literature for young adults Both types are extremely tall and often seem menacing. In her book Wolf-Speaker, the peaceful "breed" are slaves who mine black opals.
- A Book of Ogres and Trolls by Ruth Manning-Sanders contains 13 fairy tales. A Book of Ogres and Trolls is a 1973 anthology of 13 Fairy tales from around Europe that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Ruth Manning-Sanders (born 1888 in Swansea, Wales; died October 12, 1988, in Penzance, England) was a Welsh
- The Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and film sequels featured Donald Gibb as "Ogre", the most brutish of the fraternity jocks. Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 American comedy film starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards, with Curtis Armstrong Donald Gibb (born August 4, 1954) sometimes credited as Don Gibb, is an American Actor with an imposing 6ft-4in frame best known for portraying
Ogre is often used metaphorically, as in the association of ogres with Nazis made in Michel Tournier's novel Le Roi des aulnes (1970; The Ogre). Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Michel Tournier (1924 -) is a French writer His works are highly considered and have won important awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie Française Other modern works depicting ogres include L'Ogre (1973) by Jacques Chessex, and Nacer Khemir's L'Ogresse (1975), a collection of Tunisian tales. Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa.
Ogres in modern games
Ogres appear in many popular fantasy roleplaying and video games series such as AdventureQuest, DragonFable, Guild Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Eternal Lands, EverQuest, Final Fantasy, Flintloque, Magic: The Gathering, Ogre Battle, Quake, Ragnarok Online, RuneScape, Sacred, Tekken 3, Two Worlds, Warcraft, Warhammer Fantasy , The Spiderwick Chronicles and Black & White. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting In roleplaying, participants adopt and act out the Role of characters, or parts that may have personalities motivations and backgrounds different from AdventureQuest (also referred to by its website name BattleOn or simply as AQ) is an online single-player RPG developed by DragonFable (often abbreviated to "DF" is a free Online, browser-based, single-player RPG developed by Artix Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion is a Single player Fantasy -themed action-oriented Computer role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios Eternal Lands (also known as EL among players is a free to play multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) initially created by Radu Privantu EverQuest, often called EQ, is a 3D fantasy -themed Massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) that was released Flintloque is a Historo-Fantasy Skirmish miniatures wargame based on the Napoleonic Wars. This article is somewhat over-complete Please do not add significant new content without first discussing it on the talk page Quake is a First-person shooter Computer game that was released by Id Software on June 22, 1996. Ragnarok Online (라그나로크 온라인 often referred to as RO, is a Massively multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG created by RuneScape is a Java -based MMORPG ( Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) operated by Jagex Ltd "Ancaria" redirects here For the Wasp Genus, see Ancaria (wasp Tekken 3 is the third installment in the Tekken Fighting game series Two Worlds is a Computer role-playing game developed by Reality Pump and published by SouthPeak Interactive for the Xbox 360 The Warcraft universe is a Fictional universe in which a series of games and books published by Blizzard Entertainment are set Warhammer Fantasy is a Fantasy setting created by Games Workshop, in which many games of that company are set the best known ones being Warhammer The Spiderwick Chronicles is a video game adaptation of the film The Spiderwick Chronicles. Black & White is a Computer game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts and Feral Interactive. See also Ogre (disambiguation).
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References
- Rose, Carol. The Mythology and Legends of many different Cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength Homo heidelbergensis ("Heidelberg Man" is an Extinct Species of the Genus Homo which may be the direct ancestor are creatures from Japanese folklore, variously translated as Demons Devils Ogres or Trolls They are popular characters in Japanese A troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology. In Irish mythology, the Fomorians, Fomors, or Fomori ( Irish Fomóiri, Fomóraig) were a semi-divine race who inhabited Orc (OR'k is a word used to refer to a race of various tough and warlike humanoid creatures in various Fantasy settings appearing originally in the stories In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, a cyclops (ˈsaɪklɒps or kyklops ( Greek) is a member of a primordial race of A monster is any of a large number of Legendary creatures which usually appear in Mythology, Legend, or Horror fiction. is a Japanese word that means "strange beast" but often translated in English as " Monster. Giants, Monsters, & Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. ISBN 0-393-32211-4
- Shippey, Tom. The Road to Middle-earth. London: HarperCollins, 1992 (rev. ). ISBN 0-261-10275-3
- South, Malcom, ed. Mythical and Fabulous Creatures: A Source Book and Research Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1987. Reprint, New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1988. ISBN 0-87226-208-1
- "Ogre. " Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 15 May 2006 <http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9125639>
Notes
- ^ Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, (1932-1935)
- ^ Vocabolario Degli Accademici Della Crusca
- ^ Beowulf
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